Arsenal manager expresses his interest in signing Napoli striker Edinson
Cavani in the January transfer window, and says the club's banker is ready
if they find the right player.

5:13PM GMT 17 Jan 2013

When asked about speculation that he might be about to make a big money move for the Uruguayan striker, Wenger replied: "I like him as a player. He would really cost a lot of money, that's for sure. Nobody would deny that!"

The Arsenalmanager added: "Our banker lives just next to me at the moment and he is ready if we find the right player. You know as well from your experience that 90 per cent of transfer activity happens in the last week, if not in the last 48 hours."

Wenger said that he was now "99 per cent" optimistic that Theo Walcott would sign a new contract to stay at the Emirates, but admitted that he had been nervous that the striker might decide to look elsewhere.

"The experience I have in negotiations is that when things last too long it is never a good sign and in that case it took us some time to get where we want to get."